Chables edwin laumeister



C. E. LAUMEISTER.

STOVE.

APPLICATION man JUNE28. 1919.

1 ,37 1,910, Patented Mar. 15, 1921.

Q E, LAM/STEH Nolmls IETERS INC. Lima, WAShlnuw...

E TATE CHARLES EDWIN AUMEI'STER; or Dawson, YUKON rnnnrronylcannnn. 1:

' STOVE.

Application fiiea'iunees, 1919. Serial at; 307,437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OHARLES;E LAUMEIS- 'rnn, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Dawson, Yukon Territory, Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Stoves, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to an improvement in stoves, and more particularly to a wood stove.

The object of the invention is the provision of eflicient means for supplying a draft to a barrel wood stove at the top thereof, the air which is supplied to the stove being taken in to the draft-pipe near the floor or base upon which the stove stands and then conveyed to the top of the stove and discharged therein.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a simple attachment for supplying air to a stove, which attachment is readily detachable from the stove when it is desired to ship the stove or store the same. I

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a stove provided with my attachment.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary view of a stove showing in perspective, my draft attachment.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section taken on line 3-3, Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

Referring to the drawing by numerals, 1 designates a common type of stove, preferably made of sheet metal and often referred to as a barrel stove in which wood is principally burned, the fuel being supplied through the top by removing the ordinary lid 2, by means of a suitable handle 3.

My draft attachment comprises an ordinary pipe 4 that is provided, at its upper end, with a horizontal extension 5, which extension 5 terminates in a downwardly extending end portion 6, the lower end 7 of portion 6 normally projecting through the top of the stove, Fig. 2.

The vertical portion of the pipe 4 is provided with a suitable valve or damper 8 for controlling the supply of air passing through the pipe and into the stove at the top thereof. 1 i A brace and bracl'zet'device 9 isemployed Specification of Letters Patent. Patented 15 V for suitably spacing the pipe 4 from the'body of the stove, and said spacing device 9 comprises a pair of legs 10, each of which legs 10 is provided with a foot 11. Each foot 11 is slightly curved to conform to the outer periphery of the body 1, so that the feet will rest snug against the body. The legs 10 are connected inside of pipe or cylinder 4 by means of a bridge portion 12, which bridge portion 12 is bent inwardly to cause the same to lie flat against the inner curved face of pipe or cylinder 4, Fig. 3, thereby making a very snug fit and holding the spacing de-.

vice assembled with the pipe withoutsaid spacing device employing any other-means for holding the same assembled.

The spacing device is made of resilient material and extends through openings 13, 13 in pipe or cylinder 4 (Fig. 3), and then by any suitable instrument, the bridge portion 12 is curved inwardly or bent against the inner face of the pipe 4 (Fig. 3) to securely lock the spacing device against movement through apertures 13, the desired length of the spacing device over each aperture 13 having been procured by the operator for allowing the bending of the spacing device to produce the legs 10 and the feet 11.

It will be obvious that, by reason of my simple and eflicient draft device having the spacing device 9 attached thereto and the fact that the portion 6 is merely seated snugly upon the top, the draft device is merely detachably held in position upon the stove, and can be quickly removed by lifting up on the draft device, when it is desired to ship the stove or store the same awav.

The normal position (as shown in Fig. 1) of the draft device is such as to place the lower in-take end 14 a few inches above the floor or foundation uponwhich the stove rests, but should the pipe or portion 6 slide down through the topof the stove, so as to cause the horizontal portion5 to rest upon the top of the stove, the in-take end 14 of the pipe 6 will still be above the floor, thereby npt impairing the operation of the draft de- V108.

I reserve the right to make such alterations. modifications, and changes to my invention as will be obvious to on e skilled in the art to Which this invention relates and as shall fairly fall Within the scope of the appended claim.

In a device ofthe class described, the combination with the body of a stove of a draft device, said draft device comprising a vertical pipe, a horizontal pipe secured to the upper end ofsaid vertical pipe a depending,

vertical pipe secured to the outer end of said;

horizontal pipe, said depending, vertical a pipe connected to said stove, a horizontal spacing device extending through thesider of and into saidlvertical pipe, said spacing device comprising a pair of legs, each leg extending through the side of the lvertical 7 pipe and terminating at itsouterwend in a slightly curved foot, said feet of the legs resting against the outer curved face of the stove, and'said legs beingCUnfiC'te'Cl Within 20 the vertical pipe by an inwardly curved bridge portion lying against the inner curved face of the vertical pipe.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. V 

